Pokémon Day 2025 commemorative animation "Dragonite and the Postman" (February 27, 2025)

I’m excited to discover that the people who worked on one of my favourite anime series of this decade will be part of releasing a video for Pokémon Day

In this special anime, Hana, a girl who admires Kairyu, a postman, finds an unaddressed letter and goes on an adventure to find a sender with the Pokémon. In addition, there are many scenes that involuntarily take your eyes away, such as Pokémon that work with humans at the post office, Pokémon that live in the wild, and Pokémon that live as human partners. Expectations are also increasing in the flight scene of Kairyu flapping his wings in a beautiful world. " Please pay attention to the stories of Pokémon and people expressed in a beautiful and precise background depiction that is a characteristic of “Comics Wave Film”.
Pokémon Day2025 記念アニメーション『カイリューとゆうびんやさん』2月27日(木)よりポケモン公式YouTubeチャンネルにて公開決定! | 株式会社ポケモンのプレスリリース

suis will be performing the theme song for the Pokémon Day 2025 commemorative animation “Dragonite and the Postman,” which will be released on Thursday, February 27th.
The theme song “Kamihikouki” was written by Evan Call.

The anime will be released on the official Pokémon YouTube channel on February 27th, which is Pokémon Day.
The theme song and soundtrack will also be available for download on the same day, so be sure to check them out.
Thank you very much!
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Theme Song
“Paper Airplane” / “Kamihikouki” by Yorushika x Evan Call

  • Available from Thursday, February 27, 2025
  • Pre-add / Pre-save link (Apple Music, Spotify)
  • Yorushika ヨルシカ is a band formed by composer n-buna with vocals by suis. They produced the 2nd opening theme of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
  • Evan Call is a Californian anime music composer, most notably worked on Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End and Violet Evergarden

Soundtrack
Original Sound track for the anime “Dragonite and the Postman” by Evan Call

Animation
Animated by CoMix Wave Film

  • They have worked on all of Makoto Shinkai’s feature films
    • Your Name
    • Weathering With You
    • Suzume




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Thanks for this update!

I have enjoyed the movies from Makoto Shinkai and they are real joy to experience visually, specially on a larger TV screen. So I am really excited to see their work for this piece, specially since it will bring back a really iconic representation of Pokemon which is the “Postman Dragonite”.

Cheers!

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Oooo this is gonna be good! And when postman Dragonite promo? :pray::joy:

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If this will look anything like Makoto Shinkai’s films, it’s going to be absolutely gorgeous.

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I am so excited for this!

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Wait a minute…This isn’t Tegami Bachi! :angry:

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Animation Trailer

midnight Thursday, February 27, 2025

Pokémon featured:

  • Delivery Dragonite
  • Yamper
  • Fuecoco
  • Fletchling
  • Zebstrika
  • Salamence
  • Lanturn
  • Primarina
  • Kyogre
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Released


English version of Paper Airplane - suis x Evan Call

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I really enjoyed it. Lots of feels as always and the animation was so beautiful. Really showcased how fast Dragonite can fly.

Cheers!

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Reminds me of studio ghilbi in a way. Simply amazing!

Cute story and gorgeous animation as expected. It’s interesting that Dragonites short scene in Pokémon the First Movie -as a Pokémon courier with the satchel- made such an impact on fans (and now creators) that it still has a presence over 20 years later.

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I loved this so much. :orange_heart:

I hope we get a Special Delivery Dragonite this year.

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